It is difficult to reconstruct every second with certainty because eyewitness accounts vary, and chaotic events rarely produce one perfectly synchronized narrative.

What is clear is the outcome.

The Klan did not hold the rally it intended.

Its supporters fled.

The Lumbee controlled the field.

Law enforcement moved in to restore order.

The entire confrontation was over far more quickly than the weeks of tension leading up to it.

The Klan Runs

Some Klansmen ran for vehicles.

Some moved into the darkness beyond the field.